527, [9] pp. 8vo. The novel that inspired the film There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day Lewis, by the author of The Jungle. After writing The Jungle, his scathing indictment of the meatpacking industry, Sinclair turned his sights on the early days of the California oil industry in a highly entertaining story featuring a cavalcade of characters including senators, oil magnets, Hollywood film starlets, and a crusading evangelist.
